Sweet Potato Scones
"Oh, my!! These are a sweet potato lover's dream! From a co-worker who was lucky enough to live in St. Thomas for a year...=)"
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
- butter
- honey, if desired
directions
- Grease a baking sheet; set aside.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a medium-size bowl; stir in sugar.
- In a large bowl, thoroughly mix potatoes and 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter with a fork.
- Add dry ingredients and mix to form a soft dough.
- Turn out onto floured surface.
- Roll out with a floured rolling pin or pat dough with your hands to make a round about 1/2-inch thick.
- Cut into rounds with a 2-inch fluted or plain cookie cutter.
- Place 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart on baking sheet; brush tops with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Bake at 400 F for 15-18 minutes until light brown.
- Split and serve warm with butter and honey.
- Makes about 10 scones.
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Reviews
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These were lacking flavor. Needs a bit more sugar, butter, and maybe spices? I had to make a glaze and use a lot of it! Texture was great, though. -
Made a lovely tender dough. The final product had a nice texture but was was rather bland. If I make them again I think I will add a little spice, maybe cinnamon, to give them a little more flavour. -
Biscuits, to Americans. These were very tender. I used yellow-fleshed Japanese sweet potatoes, which are drier than the orange kind, and half whole wheat flour, and found that I didn't need all of the flour mixture. It was easy enough to just use what I needed, though. I think these would have had more flavor and a prettier color with the orange sweet potatoes.
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